Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: British Constable E. G. B. Please, Palestine Police

General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48 (1578 B/Const. E. G. B. Pleace. Pal. Police.) middle initials and surname officially corrected; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with six silver prize medals from the period 1931-36, all hallmarked, and five named ‘E. Pleace’; and three Rotary International jewels, good very fine (3) £100-£140

Edward George Bertram Pleace was born in Tulse Hill, London, on 14 June 1907, and attested for the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) in 1924, serving in Egypt. He joined the Palestine Police in 1933, and served for 15 years in the Force - a keen sportsman, he distinguished himself at rugby and football, and was several times selected to play for the Force XV. Retiring to the West Country, he served as a Ministry of Transport driving instructor, and later opened his own school of motoring in Pershore. A Founder Member and sometime President of the Pershore Rotary Club, he did in 1976.

Sold together with the recipient’s Ministry of Transport Approved Diving Instructor’s Licence, with a photograph of the recipient; and copied research.